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Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition of 100% of equity share capital of IndiaIdeas.com Limited  by PayU Payments Private Limited
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition of 100% of the equity share capital of IndiaIdeas.com Limited  by PayU Payments Private Limited  under Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002.
The proposed combination relates to the acquisition of 100% of the equity share capital of IIL by PayU India.
PayU India primarily provides payment aggregation services that enables merchants  to receive payments from their customers across various digital payment methods. The shares of PayU India are indirectly held by Prosus N.V. . Prosus is a global consumer internet group and one of the leading technology investors in the world. Prosus has a primary listing on Euronext Amsterdam. Naspers Limited holds 73.6% voting rights in Prosus. Naspers is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
IIL is an unlisted public limited company. It uses the name “BillDesk” as its trading/ business/ brand name in India. IIL primarily provides payment aggregation services that enables merchants  to receive payments from their customers across various digital payment methods.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Power
Thermal Power Plants to Have 2,43,034 MW Capacity by 2021-22
The Minister of State  for Power, New& Renewable EnergyShri R.K. SINGH informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that as per the extant National Electricity Plan, the installed capacity ofthermal power plants of the country, comprising of Coal based and Gas &diesel based plants, is likely to be 243,037 MW in 2021-22 out of a totalprojected Installed Capacity of 479,419 MW. The Plant Load Factor  of Coalbased capacity in 2021-22 is likely to be 56.5%.
He added that generators supplying power under Power Purchase Agreement will not suffer financial loss due to underutilization of their powergeneration capacity as they are entitled to full recovery of fixed charges fromthe beneficiaries subject to achieving the normative availability.
Shri Singh further said that the PLF/generation of thermal,  Stations dependson total electricity demand in the country which is affected by climate/weatherconditions, growth of electricity demand in various sectors and generation fromvarious other sources like hydro, nuclear, gas etc. Besides “Must Run Status”has been accorded to Renewable Energy projects .Power from such sources get dispatched on priority and is generally fullyutilized. The generation from the hydro power plants is commensurate withavailability of water and is generally fully utilized. Thus, the utilization ofcoal/lignite based plants depends on balance generationrequired from thermalStations and the position of the particular plant in the merit order, resulting inthermal Stations generally operating on low PLF. The PLF of gas basedgeneration is low due to non-availability of gas in the country.
The Minister also informed the House that the government is exploring the possibility of use of cost effectiveenergy storage system e.g. pumped storage hydro plant, Battery storage etc. sothat the electricity generated during off peak period can be stored for useduring peak period. This wouldlead to better utilisation of power generationcapacity of thermal power plants.
Ministry of Power
Power Ministry with support from Powergrid restores power Supply to Diu
Power Ministry with support of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited , a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India, restored 220 kV Timbdi-Dhokadva and Savarkundla-Dhokadva Transmission Lines feeding power to Diu following extensive damage due to Taukte cyclone.
A team of about 600 personnel worked round-the-clock for early restoration of the lines in which about 33 towers collapsed besides suffering other damage. POWERGRID used the Emergency Restoration System to set up eleven towers and also constructed 10 new towers restoring the 220 kV Timbdi-Dhokadva line on 28th May, 2021.
With commissioning of this line fifteen 66 kV Sub-stations of GETCO could be energized to provide reliable power supply to Diu and nearby areas. Work for restoration of the Savarkundla-Dhokadva line is currently under progress.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
4-day long MoEFCC and CMS Vatavaran-2019 Short Film Competition and Festival on Environment begins
In a first, the four-day long Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, MoEF&CC&Centre for Media Studies  VATAVARAN-2019 Short Film Competition and Festival on Environment, beginning today was inaugurated at New Delhi by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament and Chair of the 2019 Awards Jury of CMS VATAVARAN.
Amongst other dignitaries present at the inauguration were Shri Ravi Agrawal, Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC; Ms Tamara Mona, Deputy Head, Embassy of Switzerland in India; Dr. N. BhaskaraRao, Chairman, CMS and other senior officials from the Ministry.
Range of discussions, seminars, workshops, interactions are also being organized to churn innovative ideas, paving a path for new talents and creative minds in the stream of film making with a sense of responsibility towards the Environment.
The shortlisted films of the MoEF&CC-2019 Short Film Competition and Festival on Environment will be screened in the festival. The details of category wise entries received and nominations for screening before Jury for selection of films are as under:
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|
Categories
|
|
Films Entry received
|
|
Nominated for screening before Jury
|
|
Professionals/ Film Studios
|
|
82
|
|
35
|
|
College Students/ Amateur
|
|
173
|
|
42
|
|
School Students
|
|
90
|
|
13
|
|
Total
|
|
345
|
|
90
Out of 345 entries received, 90 films were nominated for screening before the Jury comprising Shri Ramesh Sippy, Shri Rahul Rawail, Ms. Manju Borah and Ms. Agnimitra Paul, for selection of the final awardees for this competition.
The awards will also be announced and given by Minister of State, MoEF&CC, Shri Babul Supriyo during the award distribution function on the last day of the festival i.e. 30th November along with the 10th CMS VATAVARAN awards.
It is noteworthy to mention that Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, ShriPrakashJavadekar had announced the MoEF&CC- 2019 Short Film Competition and Festival on Environment, on 6th June, 2019 during the celebrations of World Environment Day.
The festival is being organized, exclusively on Environment and Wildlife along with the 10th Competitive edition of CMS VATAVARAN.
The various films to be played at the festival can be viewed here:
Ministry of Finance
Disinvestment of Air India completed
The strategic disinvestment transaction of Air India has been successfully completed on 27th January, 2022. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
On the question of percentage of shared disinvested, the Minister stated that 100% shares of Air India  and 50% shares of its JV, AISATS) have been disinvested.
The Minister further stated that with the disinvestment of Air India on 27.01.2022, there is no equity stake of Government of India left in Air India or AIXL and the airlines are now under the management control of the strategic buyer.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Athawale Calls for Renunciation of all Sorts of Atrocities Against Disadvantaged Communities
Kolkata, November 5, 2018
The Union Minister of State for Social Justice and empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale has called for renunciation of all sorts of atrocities against the disadvantaged communities throughout the country. He was speaking to people from different walks of life including officials from West Bengal Government in the city today, in a meeting where he clearly pointed out that any kind of violence against people, more particularly the Divyangjans as well as the minorities of the society should be dealt with strongly.
The Minister was of the opinion that people across the country should unite together to stop violence, whether it is killing by Naxalites or Maoists or by ULFA extremists. He gave the instance of B R Ambedkar and his philosophy in this connection and said Baba Saheb Ambedkar always stood for non-violence and against social discrimination.
While speaking on persons with disabilities or Divyangjans, Shri Athawale said, they are more than being able. He gave the total figure of such persons in the country now. According to him, India is the dwelling place of nearly 2.68 crore persons with disabilities which is 2.21 per cent of the total population and emphasised that focussed initiatives for the welfare of disabled persons is what the present Government is working for.
Shri Athawale also mentioned in details the schemes available in the country at present for the welfare of the persons with disabilities like Revised Scheme for Awareness Generation and Publicity, Scheme for Implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016  and the like.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is in favour of granting Constitutional status to the OBC Commission, mentioned the Minister at a press conference later in the day.The Minister gave out detailed information about initiatives taken up by Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry for disadvantaged persons and communities including scholarships and overseas scholarships, residential schools and hostels, pension for Divyangjans and Safai Karmaacharis, provision of venture capital, partnering in skilled training programmes and the like.
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Ministry of Defence
Online registration for applicants to set up new Sainik Schools in partnership mode opens on September 27, 2023
As part of the Government's initiative to set up 100 new Sainik Schools in partnership mode, Sainik School Society, Ministry of Defence  will re-open its portal https://sainikschool.ncog.gov.in/ for registration of eligible interested applicant schools, with effect from September 27, 2023 till November 25, 2023. Interested schools/trusts/NGOs etc. are advised to go through the Qualitative Requirements, Memorandum of Agreement and Rules & Regulations for the new Sainik Schools, available on the portal.
Schools/NGOs/Trusts/Societies etc. which have already registered and applied during Round-1 and Round-2 need not apply afresh or pay registration fee again. However, earlier registered applicant will be allowed to update their data on the portal, with fresh inputs, if any. For any further clarification/assistance, interested schools may send an email to sainikschoolaffiliation[at]gmail[dot]com.
The Government's vision of establishing new Sainik Schools is not only to provide quality education to the students in tune with the National Education Policy and give them better career opportunities, including joining the Armed Forces; but also provide an opportunity to the State Governments/NGOs/private sector to work hand-in-hand with the Central Government towards nation building. Towards this, Sainik Schools Society has approved 42 Private/NGOs/State Government Schools as new Sainik Schools. These 42 schools are apart from the existing 33 Sainik Schools already functioning under the erstwhile pattern.
These new schools, besides their affiliation to respective education boards, will function under the aegis of Sainik Schools Society and follow the Rules and Regulations for new Sainik Schools in partnership mode. In addition, to their regular affiliated board curriculum, they will also impart education of Academic PLUS curriculum to the students of Sainik School pattern.
Ministry of Finance
India has moved from scarcity to sufficiency in last two decades- Union Finance Minister
Union Finance Minister delivers convocation address at Symbiosis International  in Pune, urges students to contribute to One Earth, One Family, One Future
PIB Pune, 10 December, 2022
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today participated in the 19th Convocation Ceremony of Symbiosis International  in Pune. In her convocation address, the Union Finance Minister inspired the graduating students to adapt and change for a better future. “India has moved from scarcity to sufficiency. In last two decades, we have seen a sea of change from the landline phones to mobile wallets.”
Talking about India’s G-20 Presidency, Union Finance Minister urged students to contribute to One Earth, One Family, One Future. “Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has taken the Presidency of G-20 from 1 December 2022. The objective of India’s presidency is ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: One Earth, One Family, One Future’. Prime Minister of India has coined the term LiFE which stands for Lifestyle For Environment. LiFE is indicative towards change and adapting to change. We need to bring changes in our lifestyle in such a manner that we are not burdening the environment, only then we will be able to ensure enough natural resources for the future generations. Otherwise, we may serious challenges relating to climate change.”
Stressing on the need for value-based education, the Finance Minister said that value-based education is highly required at a time when the world is under-going a major reset in the post pandemic era. She exhorted students to follow their heart and intuition in order to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong. “The right way of doing things is mostly what your heart and intuition guides you to do. Culturally inherited values give you the strength for this intuitive capacity. The capacity to differentiate between right and wrong is what makes you wiser.”
Union Finance Minister conferred D Litt degrees , gold medals and other awards to the students at the Convocation Ceremony of Symbiosis International  in Pune. She also interacted with MBA Students from 13 campuses of Symbiosis International  in Pune.
This year the University also awarded D.Litt. to His Excellency Pankaj Khimji, Advisor, Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce Industry and International Cooperation, Sultanate of Oman and Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar, CG Pandit National Chair, ICMR.
The Convocation Ceremony was presided over by Dr S B Mujumdar, Founder and Chancellor of Symbiosis International .
Ministry of Culture
Governor of Kerala, Shri Arif Mohammad Khan delivers second lecture of the Prime Ministers Lecture Series organised by NMML
Governor of Kerala, Shri Arif Mohammad Khan delivered the second lecture of the Prime Ministers Lecture Series organized by Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on 19th April. The focus of the lecture was on the religious and spiritual overtones in Nehru. According to Shri Arif Mohammad Khan, contrary to popular perceptions, Jawaharlal Nehru was deeply influenced by religion and spirituality in a higher sense, both in his youth and later years, and that it was mainly the ritualistic aspects of religion from which he largely stayed away. He felt that much of the misunderstanding arises from Nehru’s self-confessed agnosticism and his emphasis on offloading baggage of tradition in order to modernize.
Citing letters written by him to Mahatma Gandhi in 1922 from the Naini jail, Shri Khan highlighted how during this period Pandit Nehru was absorbed in the reading of the Gita, the Upanishads, and the Ramayana. If we consider nishkaama karma or action without desire for fruits is the highest religion as preached by the Gita, argued Sri Khan, then Nehru was a deeply religious man, as all his life he practised this philosophy for the good of others. Shri Khan asserted that translating Dharma as religion is one of the principal factors behind the inability to understand people like Nehru and the Indian culture and civilization which has seen all existence as one.
Taking examples from the Discovery of India and other texts also, the Governor asserted that Nehru was deeply in love with Indian culture and civilization and believed that Sanskrit language and inheritance was at the core of our civilization without which India could not even survive, let alone flourish. Quoting copiously from the Gita, the Upanishads and other texts, Shri Khan showed the highly nuanced relationship Nehru had with these texts and with religion in general.
The lecture was part of the academic initiatives of Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya. The inaugural lecture of the Prime Ministers Lecture Series was delivered on 20 January 2023 by former President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya is a tribute to every Prime Minister of India since Independence, and a narrative record of how each one has contributed to the development of our nation over the last 75 years. It is a history of collective effort, and powerful evidence of the creative success of India’s democracy. The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya which was opened for the public in April last year has emerged as one of the top tourist destinations of Delhi. In this one year i.e., from 21 April 2022 to 20 April 2023 i.e., the date it was opened by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approximately 3.5 lakh people have visited the Sangrahalaya.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Action taken by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare during lockdown
Wheat harvesting 26-33% against total sown area
During Rabi season 2020 over 1 LMT Pulses and Oilseeds procured worth Rs. 526.84 crore, benefitting 75,984 farmers
Direct purchase from farmers by Bulk Buyers facilitated; uberisation of logistics aggregator launched on e-NAM
Railways running 109 time table parcel trains to supply essential commodities including perishables, seeds, milk and dairy products at fast speed
In order to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during the lockdown period, the Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures. The upto date status is as follows:
- The Department has circulated the SOP related to crop harvesting & threshing during Kharif 2020 to the States to protect health of farmers and farm workers and to contain the spread of Corona Virus.
- The wheat producing States have reported 26-33% harvesting against the total sown area.
- During Rabi season 2020 NAFED has procured 1,07,814 MT Pulses  and Oilseeds  on MSP totaling of Rs. 526.84 crore. This has benefitted 75,984 farmers.
- Advisory issued to State Governments/ UT to facilitate Direct Marketing, enabling direct purchase from the farmers/ FPOs/ Cooperatives etc. by Bulk Buyers/Big Retailers/Processors by limiting regulation under State APMC Act. The Department is closely monitoring the functioning of fruits and vegetable markets and on inter-State movement of agricultural produce.
- Module of uberisation of logistics aggregator has been recently launched on e-NAM Platform. More than 7.76 lakh trucks and 1.92 lakh transporters are already linked to this module.
- Railways introduced 62 routes for running 109 time table parcel trains to supply essential commodities including perishable horticultural produce, seeds, milk and dairy products at fast speed which will facilitate farmers/FPOs/traders and companies for continuity of supply chain across the country.
- Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi  Scheme during the lockdown period from 24.3.2020, about 7.77 crore farmer families have been benefitted and an amount of Rs. 15,531 crore has been released so far.
- National Horticulture Board  has extended the validity of star-rated certificate of nurseries to 30th September, 2020 whose validity was expiring on 30th June, 2020.
- India had a good crop of wheat, in surplus of its own demand. On specific demand from countries, NAFED has been asked to export 50,000 MT wheat to Afghanistan and 40,000 MT wheat to Lebanon under G2G arrangement.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Indian Cricket Team on winning ICC U19 T20 World Cup
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian Women’s Cricket Team on winning the ICC Under 19 T20 World Cup.
Quoting a tweet by BCCI Women, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“Congratulations to the Indian Team for a special win at the ICC U19 T20 World Cup. They have played excellent cricket and their success will inspire several upcoming cricketers. Best wishes to the team for their future endeavours.”
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 Vaccination Update- Day 168
India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 34.41 Cr
More than 38.88 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm
More than 9.85 Cr Vaccine doses administered in the age group 18-44, so far
India’s cumulative COVID Vaccination Coverage exceeded 34.41 crore , as per the 7 pm provisional report today. As the new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June, more than 38.88 lakh  Vaccine Doses administered today, as per the 7 pm provisional report.
2008217 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 97,458 vaccine doses given as second dose in the age group 18-44 years today. Cumulatively, 9,61,89,940 persons in the age group 18-44 years across 37 States/UTs have received their first dose and total 23,73,507 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive. Eight States namely Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra have administered more than 50 lakh first dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in the age group 18-44 years. Also, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years for the first dose of COVID vaccine.
The table below shows the cumulative vaccine doses administered to 18-44 years age group till now.
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|
S.No.
|
|
State
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1
|
|
A & N Islands
|
|
54552
|
|
24
|
|
2
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
2128089
|
|
21126
|
|
3
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
239593
|
|
20
|
|
4
|
|
Assam
|
|
2578571
|
|
144094
|
|
5
|
|
Bihar
|
|
5666870
|
|
91958
|
|
6
|
|
Chandigarh
|
|
195174
|
|
430
|
|
7
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
2693233
|
|
73078
|
|
8
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
|
146337
|
|
54
|
|
9
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
|
148073
|
|
405
|
|
10
|
|
Delhi
|
|
2812539
|
|
175910
|
|
11
|
|
Goa
|
|
359818
|
|
5846
|
|
12
|
|
Gujarat
|
|
7544072
|
|
217623
|
|
13
|
|
Haryana
|
|
3293547
|
|
111641
|
|
14
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
1193578
|
|
936
|
|
15
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
|
901384
|
|
34229
|
|
16
|
|
Jharkhand
|
|
2216043
|
|
70517
|
|
17
|
|
Karnataka
|
|
6739342
|
|
126777
|
|
18
|
|
Kerala
|
|
1969619
|
|
49251
|
|
19
|
|
Ladakh
|
|
75987
|
|
2
|
|
20
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
|
22786
|
|
19
|
|
21
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
9325255
|
|
149624
|
|
22
|
|
Maharashtra
|
|
6618721
|
|
303999
|
|
23
|
|
Manipur
|
|
204537
|
|
202
|
|
24
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
255014
|
|
45
|
|
25
|
|
Mizoram
|
|
271538
|
|
84
|
|
26
|
|
Nagaland
|
|
227074
|
|
75
|
|
27
|
|
Odisha
|
|
3015627
|
|
161007
|
|
28
|
|
Puducherry
|
|
186996
|
|
271
|
|
29
|
|
Punjab
|
|
1465495
|
|
20980
|
|
30
|
|
Rajasthan
|
|
7405293
|
|
92701
|
|
31
|
|
Sikkim
|
|
235291
|
|
15
|
|
32
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
5558436
|
|
122037
|
|
33
|
|
Telangana
|
|
4141474
|
|
63729
|
|
34
|
|
Tripura
|
|
847587
|
|
13374
|
|
35
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
9671361
|
|
205668
|
|
36
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
1390495
|
|
37763
|
|
37
|
|
West Bengal
|
|
4390539
|
|
77993
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
96189940
|
|
2373507
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's meeting with the Prime Minister of Italy on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in Bali
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met H.E. Ms. Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Bali today.
Prime Minister congratulated Prime Minister Meloni on her election as the first woman Prime Minister of Italy. The two leaders discussed the deepening of bilateral cooperation in various sectors including trade and investment, counter-terrorism, and people to people ties.
The two leaders also exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest.
Prime Minister Modi looks forward to celebrating 75 years of India-Italy diplomatic relations and welcoming Prime Minister Meloni in India next year for the G-20 Summit.